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No. 751,946. PATENTED FEB. 9, 1904.

v E. SGHOENING.

PRINTING BY MEANS OF ELASTIC ROLLERS 0R PLATES.

APPLIOATIQN FILED MAY 26, 1903. no MODEL. ZSHEETS-SHEET 1.

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No. 751,946. PATENTED FEB. 9, 1904.

' E. SGHOENING. PRINTING BY MEANS OF ELASTIC ROLLERS OR PLATES.

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" UNITEI) STAT-ES Patented February 9, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EDUARD SOHOENING, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

PRINTING BY MEANS OF ELASTIC ROLLERS OR PLATES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 751,946, dated February9, 1904. Application filed May 26, 1903. Serial No. 158,853. (No model.)

To all whom it may concerm Be it known that I, EDUARD SOHOENING, asubject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Berlin, Germany, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing by Means ofElastic Rollers or Plates, fully described and represented in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, forming a part of thesame.

My invention relates to printing-machines, and more particularly to thatclass of machines employed for grounding wall-paper, and has for itsobject to produce an ornamental ground on the paper. a

A further object of the invention is to produce a ground on the paperhaving two shades of the same color at one and the same opera tion andby the same printing-surface.

A still further object of the invention is to utilize thepattern-surface and the color removed from the printing-surface inproducing the pattern on a printing-surface to print a second web, thusproducing a duplex machine.

.The invention consists in producing a pattern in the color on theprinting-surface and then transferring the pattern thus producedto a Webof paper or the like. v The invention also consists in producing thepattern in the color on the printing-surface by means of apattern-surface coming in contact with the printing-surface.

' The invention further consists in printing a second web of paper bymeans of the color removed by the pattern-surface from theprinting-surface in producing the pattern for printing the first web.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthe specification, and wherein similar letters and numerals of referenceindicate similar parts in all of the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a grounding-machine havingmy improvement applied. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the same. Fig. 3is a front elevation. Fig. 4: is a plan View of the printing-rollerhaving the pattern produced in the color on its surface, and Fig. 5 is asectional view showing the elastic printing-roller; c, thedistributingroller; 06, the color or inking roller; 6, the color or inkpan in which the roller 66 revolves, and f the web of paper fed from afeed-roller (not shown) to and over the roller a to receive the colorfrom the printing-roller 6. The webbearing roller, the printing-roller,the distributing-roller, and the inking-roller are all operated in theusual manner. The printingroller 6 is mounted in adjustable bearings 6,which are mounted in a movable support 6 The support 6 is adjusted bymeans of the cam 6 and lever 6*. The distributing-roller 'c andinking-roller (Z are mounted in adjustable bearings c 03, respectively,to permit them to be adjustable with respect to the printing-roller. Theink or color pan 6 is adjusted to and from the ink or color roller 66 bymeans of the shaft g, provided With crank-arms h, engaging grooves i inthe frame, the shaft 9 being operated by the handle All of the aboveparts are of'the usual, construction and about which there is nothingnew.

Mounted at each end of the frame A and attached to the support 6 of theprinting-roller 6, so as to be adjusted therewith by the meanshereinbefore described for adjusting the said support, are yokes 1. Inthese yokes a pattern-roller 2, having any desired pattern produced onits surface, is mounted so as to contact with the printing-roller 6. Asshown in the drawings, the pattern-roller is revolved by frictionalcontact with the printing-rollembut it may be operated by any othersuitable means. The pattern-roller is mounted in slid-- ing bearings 3,which rest on springs 4:, and saidbearings are engaged by screws 5,working in the yokes 1. By thus mounting the pattern-roller it will beyieldingly held in contact with the printing-roller 6 and can beadjusted to bear with more or less pressure upon the said roller, ascircumstances may require.

The closer the pattern-roller is placed to the web-that is to say, thenearer its point of contact with the printing-roller is to the point ofcontact of the printing-roller with the .web the more distinct will thepattern be produced upon the web of paper.

As shown in the drawings, the patternroller 2 has diamond-shaped figuresproduced thereon, but it is obvious that the pattern can be of any othershape or design. In fact, any form of pattern-roller can be used, andeven a plain wooden roller may be used with good results.

In operation the ink or color is applied to the printing-roller b bymeans of the rollers 0 and cl, as usual, and the pattern-roller 2,contacting with the roller Z), produces the pattern in the color on saidprinting-roller, and the i said printing-roller then prints the patternon the web at the point of contact of said roller with the web-carryingroller 60.

With the design of pattern-roller shown in the drawings, thediamond-shaped figures being the raised portions and the cross-lines thesunken portions, the figures or raised portions on the pattern-rollerwill wholly or partially remove the color from portions of theprinting-roller, while none of the color will be removed by thecross-lines or sunken portions, and consequently the figures produced onthe web by the printing-roller will be of a very light shade, while thecross-lines will be of a shade of the full depth of coloring substanceapplied to the printing-roller.

In order to keep the pattern-roller clean and at the same time utilizethe color removed from the printing-roller by the pattern-roller inproducing the pattern on the printing-roller for grounding the firstweb, I arrange above the pattern-roller a roller 6. Between this rollerand the pattern-roller a second web 7 is passed, as shown in Fig. 5, sothat the pattern-roller prints upon this second web a pattern thereverse of that produced on the first web.

Instead of transferring the color removed by the pattern-roller from theprinting-roller direct to this second web the color may be transferredto another printing-roller having color-applying devices, so that byemploying and very lightly applying a different color from that employedfor printing the first web a figured pattern in varied colors can beproduced on this second web. The same result can be produced bypreviously coating the second web with a different color. By this latterarrangement it will be seen that I am enabled not only to print two websat the same time, but that I employ the pattern-roller for printing thesecond web and utilize the color removed by it from the printing-rollerin producing the pattern thereon for the first web.

While I have shown a printing-roller and a pattern-roller, yet it isobvious that the invention could be carried out equally as well byemploying printing and pattern surfaces in the form of plates.

An elastic printing roller or surface is also not absolutely necessaryto the successful carrying out of the invention. I have found out byactual tests that good results can be obtained by the employment of apattern roller or surface in connection with a plain hard printingroller or surface; but when such printing-surface is used to obtain goodresults the web-bearing roller should be elastic.

When a plain wooden pattern-roller is employed, the roller by contactingwith the printing-roller impresses the grain of the wood on theprinting-roller by removing the color from the same corresponding to thegrain, and the printing-roller transfers the grain-figuring to the webthe same as hereinbefore described.

It will thus be seen that by employing wooden pattern-rollers I amenabled to produce difi'erent patterns by simply using different kindsof wood.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for printing, the combination with a printing-surfacehaving a color thereon, of means for producing a pattern in the color onsaid printing-surface, as set forth.

2. In a machine for printing, the combination with a printing-surfacehaving a color thereon, of means for wholly or partially removing thecolor from portions of the printing-surface to produce a pattern in thecolor on said printing-surface, as set forth.

3. In a machine for printing, the combination with a printing-surfacehaving a color thereon, of a pattern-surface contacting with theprinting-surface and producing a pattern in the color on said printin-surface, as set forth.

4. In a machine for printing, the combination with a printing-rollerhaving a color thereon, of a pattern-roller revolving in contact withthe printing-roller, as set forth.

5. In a machine for printing, the combination with an elastic printingroller having a color thereon, of a pattern roller contacting with theprinting-roller and driven thereby, as set forth.

6. In a machine for printing, the combination with a web-carryingroller, of an elastic printing-roller, means for applying color to theprinting-roller, and a pattern-roller contacting with theprinting-roller and producing a pattern in the color on theprintingroller, as set forth.

7. In a machine for printing, the combination with a printingsurfacehaving a color thereon, of a pattern-surface contacting with p theprinting-surface and producing a pattern in the color on said printingsurface, and means for keeping the pattern-surface clean, as set forth.

8. In a machine for printing, the combination with a printing-surfacehaving ink thereon, of a pattern-surface contacting with theprinting-surface to produce a pattern on the printing-surface and to inkthe pattern-surface, and means for printing by the aid of the printingand pattern surfaces, upon separate surfaces, as set forth.

9. In a machine for printing, the combination with a printing surfacehaving a color thereon, of a pattern-surface contacting with theprinting-surface and producing a pattern in the color on saidprinting-surface to be transferred to a web, and a surface between whichand the pattern-surface a second web is adapted to be passed to receivethe pattern from the pattern-surface, as set forth.

10. In a machine for printing, the combination with a printing-roller,having a color thereon, of a pattern -roller contacting with theprinting-roller and producing a pattern thereon to be transferred to aweb, and a roller between which and the pattern-roller a second Web isadapted to be passed to receive the pattern from the patternroller, asset forth.

11. In a machine for printing, the combination with a paper -bearingroller, an elastic printing-roller, and means for applying colorthereto, ofa pattern-roller revolving in contact with theprinting-roller, and driven therefrom, said pattern-roller producing apattern in the color on the printing-roller to be transferred to a web,and a roller, between which and the pattern-roller a second web isadapted to be passed to receive the pattern from the pattern-roller, asset forth.

12. In a machine for printing, the combination with two web-bearingrollers, a printingroller adjacent to one web-carrying roller,

and means for applying color to the printing-' justably mountedpattern-roller contacting with the printing-roller, as set forth.

14. In a machine for printing, the combina- I tion with aprinting-roller, and means for applying color thereto, of a supportadjacent to the printing-roller, a yieldingly-mounted pattern-roller inthe support and contacting with the printing-roller and means forregulating the pressure of the pattern-roller on the print-- ing-roller,as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EDUARD SCHOENING. Witnesses I. NEWMAN,

CHAS. F. GESSERT.

